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Denmark – Life Expectancy 2018

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
81.0 −0.1 from 2017 Global rank: 42nd

Denmark's life expectancy was 81.0 in 2018, decreased +0.1 from 81.1 in 2017. This was the 42nd highest globally.

Global Ranking – 2018▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 2018
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Monaco 86.1 0.2%
2nd San Marino 85.1 0.2%
3rd Hong Kong SAR, China 84.9 0.2%
4th Andorra 84.2 -0.1%
5th Japan 84.2 0.1%
6th Switzerland 83.8 0.2%
7th Macao SAR, China 83.7 0.2%
8th Spain 83.4 0.2%
9th Italy 83.3 0.5%
10th Singapore 83.3 0.2%
11th Liechtenstein 83.0 -0.8%
12th Gibraltar 83.0 0.2%
13th French Polynesia 83.0 0.3%
14th Iceland 82.9 0.2%
15th Israel 82.8 0.3%
16th Norway 82.8 0.2%
17th Australia 82.7 0.3%
18th Qatar 82.7 0.3%
19th France 82.7 0.1%
20th Korea 82.6 0.0%
21st Sweden 82.6 0.2%
22nd United Arab Emirates 82.4 0.1%
23rd Luxembourg 82.3 0.2%
24th Faroe Islands 82.3 0.2%
25th Malta 82.2 -0.1%
26th Ireland 82.2 0.1%
27th Netherlands 81.8 0.1%
28th Canada 81.8 0.0%
29th Greece 81.8 0.6%
30th Finland 81.7 0.1%
31st New Zealand 81.7 -0.2%
32nd Austria 81.7 0.1%
33rd Belgium 81.6 0.1%
34th Cyprus 81.6 0.0%
35th Slovenia 81.4 0.4%
36th Portugal 81.3 -0.1%
37th United Kingdom 81.3 0.0%
38th Channel Islands 81.1 0.1%
39th Puerto Rico (US) 81.1 2.5%
40th European Union 81.0 0.1%
41st Bermuda 81.0 0.4%
42nd Denmark 81.0 -0.2%
43rd Germany 80.9 -0.1%
44th Isle of Man 80.6 0.1%
45th Chile 80.6 -0.1%
46th Bahrain 80.4 0.0%
47th Kuwait 80.1 0.2%
48th Costa Rica 80.1 0.1%
49th St. Martin (French part) 80.0 1.6%
50th Oman 79.9 0.1%
51st Virgin Islands (US) 79.5 0.2%
52nd Maldives 79.4 0.3%
53rd Albania 79.2 0.4%
54th Czechia 79.0 0.1%
55th Cayman Islands 78.8 0.3%
56th Saudi Arabia 78.8 0.0%
57th United States 78.6 0.1%
58th Panama 78.3 0.5%
59th Lebanon 78.3 0.1%
60th Estonia 78.2 0.2%
61st Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.9 0.7%
62nd Croatia 77.9 0.2%
63rd Montenegro 77.9 1.6%
64th China 77.7 0.6%
65th Poland 77.6 -0.2%
66th Turks and Caicos Islands 77.6 0.1%
67th New Caledonia 77.6 0.1%
68th Uruguay 77.5 -0.1%
69th Northern Mariana Islands 77.5 0.1%
70th Türkiye 77.5 0.5%
71st Cuba 77.4 0.2%
72nd Slovak Republic 77.3 0.1%
73rd Ecuador 77.2 1.3%
74th Thailand 77.2 0.3%
75th Antigua and Barbuda 77.1 0.1%
76th Kosovo 77.1 0.0%
77th Argentina 76.8 0.3%
78th British Virgin Islands 76.7 1.4%
79th North Macedonia 76.6 0.9%
80th Iran, Islamic Republic of 76.6 0.3%
81st Colombia 76.6 0.2%
82nd Guam 76.6 0.1%
83rd Curaçao 76.5 0.1%
84th Jordan 76.5 0.6%
85th Sri Lanka 76.5 0.3%
86th Barbados 76.4 0.2%
87th Hungary 76.1 0.3%
88th Peru 76.0 0.1%
89th Serbia 75.9 0.5%
90th Aruba 75.9 0.3%
91st Malaysia 75.7 0.3%
92nd Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 75.7 0.3%
93rd Lithuania 75.7 0.3%
94th Brazil 75.6 0.3%
95th Armenia 75.6 0.5%
96th Algeria 75.6 0.2%
97th West Bank and Gaza 75.4 0.2%
98th Tunisia 75.4 0.3%
99th Romania 75.4 0.2%
100th Brunei Darussalam 75.0 0.1%
101st Bulgaria 75.0 0.2%
102nd Grenada 75.0 0.0%
103rd Cabo Verde 74.8 0.2%
104th Latvia 74.8 0.2%
105th Mauritius 74.4 -0.1%
106th Mexico 74.3 0.1%
107th Belarus 74.2 0.1%
108th Viet Nam 74.1 0.1%
109th Bahamas, The 74.1 0.0%
110th Georgia 74.0 0.7%
111th Morocco 73.9 0.5%
112th Nicaragua 73.9 0.7%
113th Paraguay 73.6 0.2%
114th Ukraine 73.6 -0.6%
115th Dominican Republic 73.6 0.3%
116th Kazakhstan 73.4 0.5%
117th Libya 73.2 0.6%
118th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 73.0 0.0%
119th Azerbaijan 73.0 0.4%
120th Seychelles 72.8 -2.0%
121st American Samoa 72.8 0.0%
122nd Russian Federation 72.7 0.3%
123rd Trinidad and Tobago 72.7 -0.4%
124th St. Lucia 72.7 0.2%
125th Belize 72.3 0.4%
126th Tonga 72.2 0.1%
127th Bangladesh 72.1 0.7%
128th Honduras 72.0 0.3%
129th Uzbekistan 72.0 0.4%
130th Greenland 72.0 0.0%
131st Bhutan 71.7 0.4%
132nd Jamaica 71.6 -0.4%
133rd Guatemala 71.5 -0.1%
134th Suriname 71.5 0.3%
135th Kyrgyz Republic 71.4 0.3%
136th El Salvador 71.4 0.5%
137th Dominica 71.4 4.0%
138th St. Kitts and Nevis 71.3 0.1%
139th Iraq 71.1 1.9%
140th Samoa 71.1 0.1%
141st St. Vincent and the Grenadines 71.0 0.0%
142nd Egypt, Arab Republic of 71.0 0.4%
143rd Mongolia 70.8 0.4%
144th Tajikistan 70.7 0.3%
145th Vanuatu 70.6 0.2%
146th India 70.4 0.5%
147th Moldova 70.2 -0.2%
148th Indonesia 70.1 0.2%
149th Cambodia 70.0 0.2%
150th Solomon Islands 69.8 0.2%
151st Philippines 69.8 -0.3%
152nd Turkmenistan 69.3 0.1%
153rd Nepal 69.0 0.4%
154th Palau 69.0 0.0%
155th Guyana 68.8 0.4%
156th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 67.7 0.2%
157th São Tomé and Principe 67.6 0.8%
158th Lao PDR 67.6 0.4%
159th Mauritania 67.4 0.5%
160th Senegal 67.4 0.5%
161st Syrian Arab Republic 67.4 2.6%
162nd Gabon 67.0 0.3%
163rd Eritrea 67.0 0.6%
164th Fiji 67.0 -0.1%
165th Pakistan 66.5 0.4%
166th Botswana 66.4 1.5%
167th Rwanda 66.4 0.3%
168th Myanmar 66.2 0.5%
169th Timor-Leste 66.2 0.5%
170th Micronesia, Federated States of 65.9 0.3%
171st Yemen, Republic of 65.9 -1.8%
172nd Tuvalu 65.9 0.3%
173rd Marshall Islands 65.9 0.3%
174th Kiribati 65.8 0.0%
175th Uganda 65.8 0.9%
176th South Africa 65.7 0.5%
177th Sudan 65.5 0.5%
178th Tanzania 65.5 0.8%
179th Comoros 65.4 0.4%
180th Papua New Guinea 65.1 0.3%
181st Congo, Republic of 64.5 0.4%
182nd Malawi 64.5 0.9%
183rd Ghana 64.1 0.5%
184th Djibouti 64.1 0.6%
185th Haiti 64.1 0.4%
186th Gambia, The 64.0 0.5%
187th Madagascar 63.5 0.1%
188th Kenya 62.8 0.2%
189th Angola 62.6 0.8%
190th Namibia 62.6 1.5%
191st Afghanistan 62.4 0.1%
192nd Zambia 62.1 0.9%
193rd Equatorial Guinea 61.9 0.7%
194th Burundi 61.8 0.8%
195th Guinea-Bissau 61.7 0.8%
196th Nauru 61.2 0.2%
197th Cameroon 61.2 0.6%
198th Liberia 61.0 0.4%
199th Zimbabwe 60.9 1.1%
200th Mozambique 60.8 1.1%
201st Togo 60.6 0.8%
202nd Burkina Faso 60.0 0.7%
203rd Congo, Democratic Republic of 59.9 0.7%
204th Côte d'Ivoire 59.8 0.8%
205th Niger 59.8 0.4%
206th Benin 59.7 0.3%
207th Sierra Leone 59.1 2.2%
208th Guinea 59.0 0.6%
209th Mali 58.9 0.5%
210th Eswatini 58.7 2.0%
211th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 54.8 4.9%
212th Lesotho 54.6 1.4%
213th Nigeria 52.7 0.5%
214th Chad 52.4 1.1%
215th Central African Republic 52.3 15.6%
216th South Sudan 51.9 46.8%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
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